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● Systems Architect & Full-Stack Leader
Building reliable software for global teams.
Principal Software Engineer with 8+ years architecting fault-tolerant backend infrastructure, event-driven services, and AI-accelerated SaaS products for US and UK enterprise clients.
Lahore, Pakistan (Open to remote US, UK & EU hours)
// System Philosophy Manifest
“Architecture is not about making things complex; it is about keeping systems deterministic under unpredictable distributed load.”
Experience
8+ Years
Enterprise Backend
Monthly Transactions
100,000+
Production SaaS Scale
// Specialized Runtime & Tooling
01 // Architectural Genesis
From algorithmic foundation to enterprise systems architecture.
My path as an engineer began with a relentless fascination for high-throughput computing and internal runtime semantics. Over the last eight years, that foundation evolved into guiding cross-functional engineering pods through mission-critical migrations, distributed state handling, and zero-downtime overhauls.
Executive Technical Leadership
Bridging the strategic gap between high-level business velocity and rigid architectural sanity—ensuring software is not just delivered rapidly, but remains maintainable over 5-to-10-year lifecycles.
Microservices & Events
High-Throughput Node.js
Architecting event-driven pipelines handling millions of records using BullMQ, Redis streams, and asynchronous worker orchestration with deterministic idempotency keys.
Resilience & Modernization
Ruby on Rails Modernization
Refactoring battle-tested monoliths into clean domain boundaries, implementing the Strangler Fig pattern for safe transitions with zero downtime for live enterprise tenants.
Data Persistence
Database Query Optimization
Advanced PostgreSQL and MySQL tuning: deep query analysis, index redesign, partitioned storage strategies, connection pooling (PgBouncer), and locking mitigation.
Modern AI Systems
Practical LLM Agent Integration
Harnessing OpenAI API, Claude Code, and Cursor workflows to build intelligent backend agents, autonomous code auditing routines, and semantic search vector pipelines.
02 // Career TrajectoryView Full Experience →
2021 – Present
Strategic Systems International (SSI) PRESENT
Principal Software Engineer
Lead backend and full-stack delivery for US and UK enterprise clients across fintech, crypto analytics, retail analytics, and real-time products. Work spans architecture, APIs, databases, authentication, testing, CI/CD, engineering standards, code review, and team coaching.
2018 – 2021
Codility Solutions
Software Engineer
Architected and scaled Ruby on Rails applications, implemented role-based authentication and authorization, optimized database schemas, delivered real-time functionality with Action Cable, and supported reliable production deployments.
03 // Credentials & Rigor
Degree Program
2014 – 2018
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
International Islamic University, Islamabad
Focus on Algorithms, OS Architecture, and Distributed Systems
Agile at Scale
VERIFIED
Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner
Scaled Agile Framework Certification
Enterprise Cadence, Program Increment Execution & Lean Portfolio Alignment
04 // Core Architectural Tenets
// TENET 01
Architecture First
Model the domain, data, boundaries, and operational constraints before layering on unnecessary complexity.
// TENET 02
Built for Reliability
Use automated testing, observability, secure data flows, performance work, and deployment discipline to keep systems dependable.
// TENET 03
AI-Accelerated Development
Use AI tools for refactoring, testing, debugging, review, and repetitive engineering work while keeping human ownership of design decisions.
// TENET 04
Continuous Improvement
Iterate on architecture, delivery flow, developer experience, and product outcomes using evidence from real production behavior.
● Open to Consulting, Principal & Technical SEO Roles
Let’s build something reliable, scalable and easy to find.
Whether you are scaling high-throughput backends, shipping agentic AI workflows, or making a complex platform rank and get cited in search and AI answers, I’m ready to advise and engineer. I work with SaaS teams, agencies and founders as a hands-on principal: from architecture reviews and backend builds to technical SEO audits and search-led growth, embedded remotely and accountable for outcomes.
Architecture Reviews • Backend & SaaS Builds • Technical SEO Audits • Agentic AI Workflows • Remote